Dr. Jo Huxster, Ph.D

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Eckerd College with publications in climate change, science, and environmental communication

Research Expertise

public understanding of climate change

public understanding of science

environmental communication

science communication

Atmospheric Science

Global and Planetary Change

Education

Developmental and Educational Psychology

Communication

History and Philosophy of Science

Philosophy

Logic

Pharmacology (medical)

Applied Psychology

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

About

I study public understanding of science and communication for environmental issues and climate change. I have expertise in environmental and science communication, environmental policy, sustainability, climate mitigation and adaptation, and environmental justice. I have publications in top-tier journals and am particularly adept at public speaking and engagement.

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Publications

The great divide: understanding the role of media and other drivers of the partisan divide in public concern over climate change in the USA, 2001–2014

Climatic Change

2017

Undergraduate Understanding of Climate Change: The Influences of College Major and Environmental Group Membership on Survey Knowledge Scores

The Journal of Environmental Education

2015

Understanding “understanding” in Public Understanding of Science

Public Understanding of Science

2017

Understanding and Trusting Science

Journal for General Philosophy of Science

2019

Denialism as Applied Skepticism: Philosophical and Empirical Considerations

Erkenntnis

2018

A Macro Political Examination of the Partisan and Ideological Divide in Aggregate Public Concern over Climate Change in the U.S. between 2001 and 2013

Environmental Management and Sustainable Development

2014

Understanding the Scientific Enterprise: Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Grasp of the Social Structure of Science

SSRN Electronic Journal

2020

Attempts to prime intellectual virtues for understanding of science: Failures to inspire intellectual effort

Philosophical Psychology

2017

Influences of study design on the effectiveness of consensus messaging: The case of medicinal cannabis

PLOS ONE

2021

Public Conceptions of Scientific Consensus

Erkenntnis

2022

Influence of environmental movements on public opinion and attitudes

The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Movements

2021

Floridians’ Concern for the Everglades: the influence of environmental knowledge and cultural worldview on concern and perception of impact from various environmental threats

Unknown Venue

2023

The Development and Validation of the Social Enterprise of Science Index (SESI): An Instrument to Measure Grasp of the Social-Institutional Aspects of Science

SAGE Open

2021

An investigation of the features facilitating effective collaboration between public health experts and data scientists at a hackathon

Public Health

2019

AAAS 2018 Annual Meeting Program

Science

2018

AAAS 2017 Annual Meeting Program

Science

2017

Education

University of Delaware

Ph.D., Marine Studies, School of Marine Policy / May, 2013

Newark, Delaware, United States of America

University of Delaware

B.A. , Geography, Environmental Science

Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Experience

Eckerd College

Assistant Professor / September, 2017 — August, 2023

Bucknell University

Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow / 2015 — 2017

Saint Joseph's University

Adjunct Faculty / 2014 — 2015

Drexel University

Visiting Research Professor / 2013 — 2015

Eckerd College

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies / September, 2023 — Present

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